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WHERE DOES ALL THE CANNABIS TAX MONEY GO?

Written by ED GASKIN Posted March 15, 2022 Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo

The industry should follow the Community Preservation Act model

Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: cannabis, news, opinion

OPINION: WAR IN UKRAINE—CONTRIBUTOR TO, AND SYMPTOM OF, THE CLIMATE CRISIS

Written by JASON VELÁZQUEZ Posted March 14, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics

Russia invaded Ukraine with the express intent of disrupting the global food supply. And securing the best arable land in the region for itself in order to mitigate the nutritional shortages to come will do a fine job of destabilization.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics Tagged With: Environment, Greylock Glass, international, opinion, Ukraine

OPINION: WE NEED A PLAN TO BOOST THE NUMBER OF BLACK TECH ENTREPRENEURS IN BOSTON

Written by ED GASKIN Posted March 4, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

For a fairly low-cost investment, the region could achieve a significant upside return: more Black founders and employees who have a clear path to the middle class and related societal benefits.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: business, news, opinion, Tech

OPINION: BUILDING BACK BETTER FOR WHO?

Written by ED GASKIN Posted January 18, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

The “Clean Energy Revolution” could be a game changer, or another missed opportunity for the Black community.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Climate Change, Green New Deal, Grove Hall, infrastructure, Joe Biden, michelle wu, news, opinion

OPINION: MASS RENT CONTROL HEARING TUESDAY, JAN. 11, 11 A.M.

Written by MIKE CONNOLLY Posted January 6, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics

Rep. Connolly at rent control rally 10/29/19

Legislature's Housing Committee Seeks Public Testimony

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics Tagged With: Housing, just cause eviction, Massachusetts, Op-Ed, opinion, Politics, rent control, rent stabilization, Rep. Mike Connolly, State House, tenant

OPINION: SAY “NO” TO THE WINTER OLYMPICS IN BEIJING

Written by CHIA-CHUN CHUNG Posted January 3, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Take action Tuesday, January 4

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Beijing, Boston, china, criticism, Free Press, free speech, Hong Kong, human rights, Massachusetts, NBC, opinion, Protest, Taiwan, Tibet, Uyghur, winter olympics

GUEST OPINION: WHY WE HATE THE NAME OF FANEUIL HALL

Written by KEVIN C. PETERSON Posted October 11, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

It represents the ugly canard that Peter Faneuil was somehow a patriot.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Faneuil Hall, news, news to us, opinion

OPINION: WALKING THE WALK FOR A MORATORIUM ON PRISON AND JAIL CONSTRUCTION

Written by CLAIRE GOSSELIN Posted October 5, 2021 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Image courtesy of Massachusetts Peace Action

Freeze all new prison and jail construction in Massachusetts for five years

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: construction, jail, legislation, Mass Peace Action, Massachusetts, opinion, prison, Women

FROM UMB TO THE US CONGRESS: FIGHT FOR HIGHER ED THAT WORKS FOR ALL!

Written by LINDA AI-YUN LIU AND JOSEPH G. RAMSEY Posted September 30, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

"Decisions about when and how to reopen campuses, modalities of instruction, class size, tuition, campus services and facilities, staffing levels, and working conditions have been dictated not just by the human needs of those who work or those we serve, but by the bottom-line priorities of upper administrators."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: education, government, higher ed, opinion, Politics, university

GUEST OPINION: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE FINAL CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR

Written by VARIOUS AUTHORS Posted September 22, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

“Police reform must be on the forefront of any mayoral agenda.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: letter, mayor, opinion, Police, Politics

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